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GCSE and A-level results days 2020 announced

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Iris2212 · 16/04/2020 15:58

"For older children, I am also able to confirm GCSE and A level exam results days - another milestone for families.

GCSE students will get their results on Thursday 20 August, while those who are awaiting A level results will get theirs the previous Thursday, the 13th. These dates are the same as those published at the start of this academic year, and I hope will provide further clarity for all those young people receiving results in the summer."

Source - inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/gavin-williamson-covid-19-lockdown-analysis-normality-schools-primary-offer-day-2539947

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Iris2212 · 16/04/2020 16:16

Ofqual said that schools shouldn't be including work that was set after exams were cancelled in their predictions, however, they can't actually stop schools from doing this sadly. Don't worry if the school hasn't given work.

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NewIdeasToday · 16/04/2020 16:15

Why is she going crazy? They have already announced that the exams are cancelled.

It will take time to get the results sorted fairly - as it does every year. This is the date that the A levels were due to come out and it makes a lot of sense to stick with it and run things as planned as far as possible.

CaitlinEJ · 16/04/2020 16:12

My sister is going crazy, she doesn’t know what to do, she’s struggling to revise without knowing if she’ll be sitting an exam, how is she meant to keep that up for 5 months? I think she’ll be fine but she’s now sitting panicking because she’s lost control.

Also, I saw that schools can continue setting work up until 2nd May or something like that to help predict grades, but my sister hasn’t heard anything from the school since she left. Is anybody receiving work?

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Iris2212 · 16/04/2020 16:01

Yet again, the government shows they are unable to make a decision and stick with it. The students were promised July, then before normal, then just given normal.

I really don't understand why it takes this long to give out results. How long are students meant to revise for? Students will have to revise for even longer even though they may not even need to sit the Autumn exams.

It will also be harder to sort out next steps due to a short gap between results and university.

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